1963 in paleontology

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Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology (from Greek: paleo, "ancient"; ontos, "being"; and logos, "knowledge") is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because mankind has encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1963.

Archosaurs

Newly named pseudosuchians

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
"Triassolestes"^[2]	Gen et sp nov	preoccupied	Reig	Carnian	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A Crocodylomorph, Preoccupied by Triassolestes Tillyard 1918. Renamed Trialestes.

Newly named dinosaurs

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.^[3]

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Herrerasaurus^[2]	Valid taxon	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid.	Herrerasaurus Saltasaurus
"Ischisaurus"^[2]	Junior synonym of Herrerasaurus	Osvaldo Reig	Late Triassic (Carnian)	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid.
"Tanystrosuchus"^[4]	Nomen dubium.	Kuhn	Late Triassic (Norian)	Stubensandstein	Germany	Either a theropod or shuvosaurid.

Newly named birds

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Palaeeudyptes marplesi^[5]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Eocene	Burnside Marl	New Zealand	A Spheniscidae.
Paractitis ^[6]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Weigel	Early Oligocene	Cypress Hills Formation	Canada	A Scolopacidae, type species P. bardi.
Phalacrocorax ibericum ^[7]	Sp. nov.	valid?	de Villalta Comella	Late Miocene		Spain	A Phalacrocoracidae
Phoeniconotius^[8]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australia	A Phoenicopteridae, Type species P. eyrensis
Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae ^[8]	Sp. nov.	valid	Miller	Early Miocene	Etadunna Formation	Australasia	A Phoenicopteridae
Podiceps dixi ^[9]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Middle Pleistocene	Reddick Beds	USA	A Podicipedidae
Probalearica ^[10]	Gen. et Sp. nov.	jr synonym	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Gruidae, type species P. crataegensis, transferred to Balearica
Puffinus micraulax ^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Sulidae.
Sula universitatis ^[10]	Sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Early Miocene	Hawthorne Formation	USA	A Sulidae.
Titanis ^[11]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Blancan-Early Irvingtonian		USA	A phorusrhacid. Type species T. walleri
Torotix clemensi ^[12]	Gen et sp. nov.	valid	Brodkorb	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA	Possibly a Pelecaniform, currently Aves Incertae Sedis.

References

↑ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reig, O.A. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estrados de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (Republica Argentina). Ameghiniana 3: pp. 3-20.
↑ Olshevsky, George. "Dinogeorge's Dinosaur Genera List". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
↑ Kuhn, O. 1963. Ichnia Tetrapodorum. In: Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia, part 101 (Westphal, F., ed.). W. Junk, The Hague, Netherlands: 176 pages.
↑ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Catalogue of Fossil Birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes)". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7 (4): 179–293.
↑ Weigel, RD (1963). "Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 (3): 257–262.
↑ de Villalta Comella, JF (1963). "Las Aves Fósiles del Mioceno Espańol". Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Geológica) 6: 263–285.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Miller, Alden Holmes (1963). "The Fossil Flamingos of Australia" (PDF). The Condor 65: 289–299.
↑ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A New Pleistocene Grebe from Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 (1): 53=55.
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Brodkorb, P (1963). "Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26 (2): 159–167.
↑ Brodkorb, P (1963). "A Giant Flightless Bird from the Pleistocene of Florida" (PDF). Auk 80 (2): 111=115. doi:10.2307/4082556.
↑ Brodkorb, P (1963). "Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming". Proceedings of the XIIIth International Ornithologists Congress 13: 55–70.